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My career has been communicating the wonder of astronomy. I'm the architect of the communications effort to make the Hubble Space Telescope the most inspirational science instrument in history. Being part of it all is enthralling and exciting. Contact: villard@stsci.edu.
Author Stories
The Alpha Centauri system is reachable in a human lifetime, why should we mount an interstellar mission? Continue reading →
While the future of mankind is unknowable, illustrator Nickolay Lamm has produced a set of imaginative evolutionary changes to the human face over the next 100,000 years. Continue reading →
Will the human face evolve into this over the next 100,000 years?
We've always thought we live in a ho-hum back-ally neighborhood of the galaxy -- but life in Orion's Arm could be a lot more glamorous than we ever realized. Continue reading →
Although NASA's "Asteroid Initiative" has received early criticism, the technology developed to capture an asteroid could be applied to a future Mars sample return mission. Continue reading →
Future space observatories could detect biological tracers in exoplanetary atmospheres, but we won't be able to definitively find life until we physically visit those alien worlds. Continue reading →
Because the Manhattan skyline is so iconic, New York City is often the backdrop for implausible imaginary sci-fi futures -- now see an artist's fanciful renderings of NYC on 5 planets of the solar system.
Humanity has taken many pot-shots at the moon, but what would extraterrestrials gain by destroying our planet's only natural satellite? Continue reading →
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